<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > Now I have a question about this design. Do the two flaps that fold > over the pillow truly keep it from sliding out the end of this > carrier? I'd worry about that.
Yes they do - they usually tie across or have a buttton to keep the crossed bits in place but one would have to be pretty rough with the carrier to lose a pillow even if the crossed bits weren't tied - they do flap over a long way and thus encase the pillow. Many of the lace makers I know use this big Cross shaped design for their cookie pillows. It works very well without any variation or amendment and because of that I wouldn't recommend the variation of the handled that you suggest. the reason for this is because if you use just one piece of wood or dowel as you suggest then the wooden handle can come adrift. The purpose of the "D" cutouts is that the dowel goes right out to the corners of the cross and as the dowel is sewn into what is effectively a tight fitting sleeve with only a small piece of a cut out for the hand sized "D" then the wood is secure and keeps the top of the handled tops sitting in a straight line - no sloppy fabric flapping around. With this design the pillow can be carried one handed, has sides which one always knows where they are (no sloppy fabric to catch on door handles etc) and the inside of the handle parts of the cross can include zipped pockets for all the guff one carries around with one. The only thing about this design is that it takes a lot of fabric so if one uses good quilting fabric it can get to be expensive to make. My first step up from my old tablecloth to carry the pillow in, was to a zip sided hang down case as my first pillow carrier simply because of the expense factor. Fran - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
